Dowbrigade

Addressing a meeting of members from over
20 student groups, leaders of Harvard’s Fuerza Latina and Student Labor
Action Movement (SLAM) called for a campus-wide walkout on May 1 to protest
federal legislation they […]

A coastal Maine blogger who criticized the state’s tourism
office has been hit with a lawsuit seeking potentially more than $1 million
in damages for allegedly making false statements and posting on his website,
[…]

Camcorder
accessory manufacturer Bella has just announced a new device that will
let you toss those MiniDV cassettes straight out of your bag and replace
them with your […]

Any
Scrabble aficionados will enjoy Brian
McGrory’s column in today’s Boston Globe. Note: the Dowbrigade
would be National Scrabble Champ if […]

WASHINGTON — Americans spent as much on ”plastic Santa Clauses and
tinsel" and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they
do on the US military for a year, the Army’s top general said yesterday.
Responding […]

BERLIN, April 25 - Internet users around the world send an estimated
60 billion emails every day and many of these are spam or scam attempts,
business leaders said on Tuesday.
from Reuters
That works out to just over 10 emails for every […]

The Beerbelly - a secret strap-on beer holder that disguises itself
as a bulging beer belly - is being marketed in the US.
It was the brainchild of three middle-aged men who wanted a way of sneaking
beer […]

US doctors found 12 nails stuck in the skull of a man who came in complaining
of a headache.
Medics believe the man fired the two-inch nails into his head himself in
a bizarre […]

SOMERVILLE — It’s a quiet night at The Thirsty Scholar,
an Irish pub and dating bar on Beacon Street. A handful of bored-looking
guys sit at the bar, watching a hockey game on the TV, and a few couples
[…]

Dave got called a “notorious curmudgeon” by Fortune magazine. And he was upset! Personally, we will know we have “made” it when we are called EITHER notorious OR curmudgeon by Fortune. Congratulations, Dave.

Unflattering pictures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
in a British newspaper have sparked a backlash from the German government
and media.
The Sun printed photos of Mrs Merkel on holiday taken from behind while
[…]

Teachers
of English to Speakers of Other Languages are known for xeno-philiac
eccentricity and bizarre, unstable behavior,
but this is mostly due to the weird and exotic locals in which we often end up plying our trade.
Be that as it may, this story goes beyond the pale. Even a twisted and cynical fan of the outre like […]